Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:10pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/12/2009 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.
Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:11pm
Oof for 9 to 5...I know it's only the first week of previews, but still, $50 average ticket price is atrocious, especially for such a lavish show.
On the other hand, things are looking up in Duloc...and hippie-land for that matter...
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Updated On: 4/13/09 at 04:11 PM
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#2re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:14pm
I have no worries that 9 TO 5 will be a huge hit...it's just off to a slow start as are most shows.
NEXT TO NORMAL's uphill climb keeps seeming more and more uphill every week.
And good for HAIR!!
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#4re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:16pm
HELLO Shrek, Chicago, and Hair! GREAT week. Ouch normal and Irena. 9 to 5 is still in previews,it has nothing to worry about. Ticket prices will go up and it'll do just fine. God of Carnage was AWESOME this week!!! GREAT to see a play doing well. It looks like ROA is gradually raising their ticket prices. AWESOME week!!! I'm in a good mood now :)
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Updated On: 4/13/09 at 04:16 PM
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#5re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:19pmThanks for editing your typos, cartanega.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#6re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:21pmROA 71% Gross % of potential. I'd say that is good.
Jekyll & Hyde back on Broadway! / Rock of Ages - 5 Tony nominations! Awesome!
#7re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:23pmwow avenue q raised 21 percent!
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:24pm
So many shows doing well this week! How nice to see!
Hooray for HAIR! And let's hope strong reviews give N2N the boost it deserves!
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#10re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:24pm
99% attendence for 9 to 5 is really good, no? I think the amount of comps may have brought the avg. ticket price down to that much. I really don't know how it all works, but I think it's off to a great start.
#11re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:26pmThank goodness for the holidays!
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WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#12re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:28pm
It's not the percentage of attendance that was worrying PG2, it's the ticket average and the weekly gross.
I'm sure it'll take off; I can't imagine word of mouth being negative. Tourists will LOVE it.
#14re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:32pmWow, look at all those 100%ers! AWESOME week! And yeah, a really strong start for 9 to 5 :)
Everything in life...is only for now.
#15re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:32pmThe last time the Palace had a sell-out show was Aida, which opened nine years ago. Pretty long stretch for such a prominent theater.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#16re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:33pmWell, apparently, WSS set a record for the Palace.
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Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#17re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:36pmGreat great week. Can't wait for n2n to get reviewed this week to [hopefully] bump the attendance. It was clear that this show wasn't going to sell well in previews as it's success will be based on reviews/word of mouth/and [hopefully, again] nominations.
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#18re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:38pm
eeeek Next to Normal 
It needs to start going up and fast. It's too darn good a show to struggle and not last!
But YAY for pretty much everything else! Nice week 
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
#19re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:38pm
People can say what they want about WSS, but man this production is HUGE. A tour is already in the works. I remember when certain posters said this production won't make it to 2010, LOL.
Updated On: 4/13/09 at 04:38 PM
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#21re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:42pm
Next to Normal also only played 7 performances last week. If you factor in the gross from the missing show, they made close to what they made last week. Which, nevertheless, is not nearly enough. It needs the reviews and positive word of mouth to survive.
#22re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:43pmWell, isn't it safe to assume Next to Normal was papered for critics? I know I read somewhere Brantley was there this week.
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heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#23re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:43pmIt makes me sad that Rock of Ages does so well while Next to Normal is struggling.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#24re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12
Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:48pmWhat is ROA's approx. weekly nut? It can't be doing that well with an average ticket of $50
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